Switch zoning limitations for the EMC VMAX

There are limitations in switch zoning for the Storwize® V3500 and EMC VMAX systems.

Switch zoning

The Storwize V3500 switch zone must include at least one target port on two or more Fibre Channel adapters to avoid a single point of failure.

The EMC VMAX must be configured to present logical units (LUs) to all Storwize V3500 initiator ports that are in the fabric zone.

Only Storwize V3500 initiator ports that are LUN-masked on the EMC VMAX controller should be present in the fabric zone.

Note: An EMC VMAX system presents itself to the Storwize V3500 clustered system as one WWNN with a minimum of two and a maximum of 16 WWPNs supported.

Connecting to the SAN

You can connect a maximum of 16 EMC VMAX ports to the Storwize V3500 system. There are no further special zoning requirements. Configurations that are set up to adhere to the requirements that are described in previous Storwize V3500 releases are also supported, but should not be followed for new installations.